Political Theatre category archive
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen reports on Manifest Manafort Destiny while mincing no words. A snippet:
For openers, Manafort’s entire career has been one exercise in evil after another.
(snip)
The distance between circumstantial and provable can be substantial. But if the Russia scandal has taught us nothing else beyond the fact that virtually every key Trump player is a bad actor, it is that if something looks like a coincidence, it almost certainly is not.
Twits on Twitter 0
Wall-eyed twits:
A Trumpled Terrain 0
Thom steps back and looks at the big picture.
“Boots on the Ground” 0
Elie Mystal discusses the implications of Donald Trump’s desire to use the military to enforce immigration laws. It’s not pretty.
Here’s a bit:
(snip)
I don’t expect that President Trump understands that law, or cares why it’s there. He’s pissed that Ann Coulter didn’t send him an Easter card, and so he’s blurting random, untrue things about immigrants again. He seems to be under the impression that there is some kind of “caravan” of brown people bearing down on us from Mexico. Maybe they’re being led by Charlzie Theron down the Fury Road. Honestly who can know what’s in this man’s head.
“My Way or the Highway” 0
Trudy Rubin analyzes Donald Trump’s case of “autocrat envy.”
“The Right To Be Stupid” 0
Watch the Republican spin wildly as he attempts to blame the victim.
Via Raw Story, which provides detail and a summary.
All the News that Fits 0
Ralph Peters, ex-Fox News commentator, has more. Here’s a bit:
This wasn’t a case of the rats leaving a sinking ship. The best sailors were driven overboard by the rodents.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/syndicated-columnists/article207476394.html#storylink=cpy
Image via Job’s Anger.
All the News that Fits 0
Sinclair Broadcasting is making its stations push wingnut propaganda. Here’s a bit of a report from SeattlePI:
Many KOMO employees view the segments as propaganda that doesn’t meet the station’s editorial standards, according to the Times article. In the past, they have tried to limit their exposure by scheduling them during times of low viewership.
But Wednesday’s segment shows Sinclair, which currently owns or operates 193 television stations in the U.S., has succeeded in getting the must-runs on during prime time.
I gave up on broadcast news long ago, not for being slanted (though some of it is, much more often to the right than to the left), but for being superficial.
About the only time we turn on TV news is when there’s a snowstorm . . . .
The Start of the Deal 0
Reg Henry wants in on the deal. A nugget:
Well, I wish some lawyer would give me $130,000 to keep quiet about something that never happened. Hey, mum’s the word, as far as I am concerned. I’d take a secret like that to the grave for $130,000. In fact, I am open to negotiation — $130,000, $100,000 or $56.43. Lawyers of America, let’s make a deal.
Follow the link for the rest.